Gift Lorch

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Jomo Cosmos U18
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Marked for Gift Lorch

19 Edition

The Jomo Cosmos Post

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces7 Dec 2026

Supporters organise against the Jomo Cosmos board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

The dugout7 Dec 2026

Ntando Tshwana keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Jomo Cosmos may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match5 Dec 2026

4 matches without a win for Jomo Cosmos

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Jomo Cosmos are no longer polite ones.

Squad7 Dec 2026

A falling-out at Jomo Cosmos

Judas Moseamedi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Jomo Cosmos lose Gift Lorch

14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Match5 Dec 2026

Jomo Cosmos rescue it on 90 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 90. Platinum Stars had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

Match7 Dec 2026

Jomo Cosmos at the halfway mark

Half the programme played, position 15, 10 on the board. Doubling it is the sum every supporter has done and the only one nobody at the club will do out loud.

The dugout7 Dec 2026

Sifiso Nkosi gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Lwanda Mbanjwa makes the team of the month

Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Jomo Cosmos Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match8 Aug 2026

Jomo Cosmos taken apart

0‑4 to Free State Stars, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Samkelo Mzolo arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Samkelo Mzolo has, at Jomo Cosmos, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Gerald Ndlovu beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 27. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Costly mistake from Siyabonga Makhoba

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Siyabonga Makhoba knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Kgaogelo Ramushu due for a Jomo Cosmos medical

Everything agreed with Polokwane City, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

George Matlou will not be coming to Jomo Cosmos

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Kaizer Chiefs is saying, and nobody at Jomo Cosmos is enjoying the guessing.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Jomo Cosmos

Judas Moseamedi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Door shut on Lwandiso Radebe

Jomo Cosmos asked and Mamelodi Sundowns said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market10 Aug 2026

Gift Lorch steps up from the Jomo Cosmos academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gift Lorch has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief